The Coffee with the Poet series continues on Thursday, December 20th at 10:30 a.m. with poet and cellist, Carol Bjorlie.  An Asheville resident, Bjorlie will play the cello and read from her new collection, Behind the Cello. Bjorlie is a member of the Asheville Cello Choir and teaches writing at the North Carolina Center of Creative Retirement at UNCA.  Her motto from a poem title by Lucille Clifton is, “I am not done yet.”

The Coffee with the Poet series meets every third Thursday of each month at 10:30 a.m.  It is cosponsored by the NetWest chapter of the North Carolina Writer’s Network.